Port of Kiel notes slight decline in 2018 
In 2018, the port of Kiel did not succeed in achieving the record result it noted in 2017 (7.4 million t, +14.3%), as last year's throughput fell by 3.5% to 7.15 million t. The German port’s core business is ferry traffic, which accounts just under 6 million t, or over 80%... more
Belarusian Railway boosts digital freight transport
Belarusian Railway has launched a new mobile app powered by a mobile platform sub-system that operates as part of a computerised system for digital process flows in freight transport. All participants involved in railfreight operations can now use digital technologies to have... more
Cushman & Wakefield reinforces investment team
Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has appointed Nicole Römer as head of retail investment in Germany. She also becomes an international partner of the company. Alexander Kropf, C&W’s head of capital markets Germany, said: “With Römer on board, the retail investment... more
Panalpina's transatlantic service happy and Brexit-ready
Mexico-based Querétaro airport (QRO), which was added to the Panalpina charter network (see page 14 of ITJ 23-26/2018) last May, is performing very well. Matthias Frey, global head of the charter network: "We closed 2018 with 37 regular flights into QRO, 71 into Mexico... more
International business of Flying Cargo acquired
After nearly 30 years of close cooperation in the provision of international express transport services to the Israeli market, Fedex Express and Flying Cargo Group (FCG) have reached a conditional agreement under which the US integrator will acquire FCG’s international express... more
CMA CGM unites Containerships and MacAndrews brands
CMA CGM is to consolidate its Containerships and MacAndrews brands under the single brand Containerships, as of 1 April 2019. The integration of the local agencies networks is part of the step. The carrier banks on both maritime and inland solutions with complementary regional... more
SBB Cargo to go it alone
The Swiss federal railway SBB spun off its railfreight division from the group and began managing it as an independent group company at the beginning of 2019. As an independent entity, SBB Cargo will be able to implement the previously announced financial minority interest... more
10% more airfreight in Indian Ocean
A month before Air Cargo Africa, which is taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 19 - 21 February, the airport that serves Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean, reported that it had noted a double digit increase in its airfreight volume in 2018. In... more
Crane Worldwide picks Liso as director projects
Ivan Liso has been recruited as Crane Worldwide Logistics’ director projects, EPC & Marine EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and he will lead the global specialised solutions group for the EMEIA region. Liso will report to Joshua van Altena, director of... more
Transport capacities still scarce
Data compiled by the German IT company, Timocom, showed that Europe’s transport market was extremely robust in Q4/2018. When commenting on the transport barometer’s current figures, Timocom’s spokesman Gunnar Gburek said: "The transport industry experienced a traditionally... more